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Ibanez Mikro bass plans
- Thread starter Albert91
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You could try contacting Ibanez, but I would bet that's all their copywritten information, and they aren't willing to share.
You would need to reverse engineer it if you want to copy it.
It would be like asking Chevy to send you a blueprint/plan and parts list for building a Corvette.
You would need to reverse engineer it if you want to copy it.
It would be like asking Chevy to send you a blueprint/plan and parts list for building a Corvette.
Did you look on Etsy? There’s typically a bunch of CAD design packages for all of the well-known guitar designs from the Fender Jazz, Precision, Stats to Gibson, Les Paul’s, PRS, etc..
If not, it’s pretty darn easy to draw up your own… maybe a great opportunity for you to learn something new perhaps?
If not, it’s pretty darn easy to draw up your own… maybe a great opportunity for you to learn something new perhaps?
Yeah sometimes it is difficult to find the drawings, especially for the stranges designs. The mmost common like, stratocaster, telecaster, precision etc. are more easy to find.You could try contacting Ibanez, but I would bet that's all their copywritten information, and they aren't willing to share.
You would need to reverse engineer it if you want to copy it.
It would be like asking Chevy to send you a blueprint/plan and parts list for building a Corvette.
If you're copying the Mikro the easiest thing to do is pick up a used one, copy it, and sell that one off again. There are usually used ones available without looking too much, I bought an almost new one off Craigslist for $50.
If you are simply looking for "short scale plans" then you can print off the one I provide in the build I posted here on Talkbass:
Building A Short Scale P Bass
That details a bass built to 30" scale length, which is what you'll usually find referred to as a short scale bass (outside of the 28.6" Ibanez and a few other import short scales).
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Sometimes you can search for ‘shop drawing’ of something like that terminology.
Try ‘shop illustration’ MiKro bass, etc. You might be able to find some of the shop drawings.
That kind of searching. Search for technical drawings. Sometimes you can find detailed specifications of dimensions, exploded views, etc.
The MiKro is a cool bass for sure.
I can see where someone might want to use one as a template to build a mini bass guitar.
With this in mind purchasing a new or used MiKro would provide the builder with a real world MiKro to extrapolate from.
By this I mean the maker could take measurements at various points along the MiKro and lay out corresponding measurements on the workpiece.
That would be the best approach.
I believe used MiKros are available everywhere.
Without being able to get exact measurements and being able to determine significant angles the task of building a guitar from scratch is going to be more difficult than necessary. A working model like a MiKro would be best to go by.
